Political Theology: Contemporary Challenges and Future Directions

In this collection, six leading theologians on political theology explore the contemporary states and potential future of the discipline. Offering a highly nuanced and complex picture of older and newer Political Theology, these scholars examine the multifaceted interconnections and tensions between political theologies, liberation theologies, feminist theologies, and theologies that see themselves as postcolonial or decolonizing.

Among other topics, the authors address the ecumenical and global nature of political theology; the lack of critical feminist analysis in most political, liberation, and postcolonial theologies; the statements regarding political theology in the encyclicals of Benedict XVI; and the specific tasks that political theology must address to remain effective and relevant.

Contributors include Jurgen Moltmann, Johann Baptist Metz, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Francis Schussler Fiorenza, Klaus Tanner, and Michael Welker.

Author: Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 11/18/2013
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d
ISBN: 9780664239510

About the Author
Fiorenza, Francis Schussler: -

Francis Schussler Fiorenza is the Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School.

Tanner, Klaus: -

Klaus Tanner is Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics in the Faculty of Theology at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg.

Welker, Michael: -

Michael Welker is Professor and Chair of Systematic Theology and Executive Director of the Forschungszentrum fur Internationale und Interdisziplinäre Theologie (Research Centre for International and Interdisciplinary Theology) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.